Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.
God turns human beings to destruction, bringing them back to dust, and calls them to return. The turning is his own act upon man, reducing him to dust and summoning the children of men back. All people are mortal under this decree, without exception. Their lives are brief and fleeting, soon cut off and gone.
This brevity of human life is set against God himself, who is everlasting and eternal. Beside his unending existence, man's course runs only for a moment before he is turned again to dust.
God turns human beings to destruction, bringing them back to dust, and calls them to return. The turning is his own act upon man, reducing him to dust and summoning the children of men back. All people are mortal under this decree, without exception. Their lives are brief and fleeting, soon cut off and gone.
This brevity of human life is set against God himself, who is everlasting and eternal. Beside his unending existence, man's course runs only for a moment before he is turned again to dust.